Have you eve come upon a poem by chance that speaks precisely to you and
with which you connect so totally as to be extrordinary? "As at thy
portals also Death" by Walt Whitman is at once both accepting and
celebratory. An perfect poem to sum up the gammet of emotions run by
anyone who has lost their mother. A worthy piece to be mulled over and
savoured in the soul

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